english final comp2 Flashcards
Synopsis
Includes a summary of the plot, author, time period, literary tools, epiphany, literary analysis
Epiphany
Sudden moment of realization
Allegory
work of fiction that often uses animals or inanimate objects to teach a lesson
Hubris
overwhelming self-arrogance & pride
Symbolism
using something to represent something else
Foreshadowing
hints at future events
Irony
expecting one thing and getting something else
Alliteration
words that start with the same letter
Allusion
indirectly referring to something
Connotation
emotional context of a word
Dramatic Monologue
1 character speaking to another at a dramatic moment
Hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
Personification
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
Poetic License
permission given to poets and writers to change the laws of language
Soliloquy
1 character alone on stage speaking his thoughts out loud
Literary Analysis
Surface level, authors purpose, personal meaning
Catharsis
emotional release/ relief
Haiku
Japanese origin, 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllable pattern ,(type of poetry)
Free verse
no set meter or rhyme
Sonnet
Shakesperean, 14 lines ( 3 quatrains, 1 couplet), Iambic pentameter
Climax
point of most intense conflict
Conflict
man vs. self, man vs. man/ society, man v. nature
Couplet
set of two lines that rhyme
Quatrain
set of 4 lines
Apostrophe
to directly address an inanimate object
Meter
Rhythmic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
Fiction
willing suspension of disbelief
Poetry
the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion
